EU accession holds the best hope for overcoming stagnation on democracy-building and state consolidation in the Western Balkan region, which was ravaged by war in the 1990s. The United States and the European Union have reinforced their cooperation in order to reinvigorate this process, but the integration of the Western Balkans into European institutions is complex and will require innovative thinking.

 

This website should serve as a clearinghouse for information on the EU enlargement process and the unique contexts of the countries of the Western Balkans. It will also feature Wilson Center events related to the region, as well as the policy briefs and papers that result from the meetings of the Working Group on the Western Balkans, a project sponsored by a grant from the EU Delegation.